The bitmask is deprecated in the kernel, so move to the new interface. At the moment
this does not make a difference for us, but it avoids having to change the API in the future.
Let's unify generation of unicode chars at one place.
Also, don't add an extra space into chars we print, except for the tree
chars where this is really necessary.
Rather than allocating/freeing memory for each message read, keep a global read buffer
in the rtnl object. Also, rather than using a fixed size, peek at the pending message
header to get the message size and reallocate as necessary.
This means the API can stay the same as for single-part messages by simply passing the head message around. Unrefing
the head of the linked list unrefs the whole list.
Currently when both ipv4ll and dhcp are enabled, ipv4ll
address (if one has been claimed) is removed when dhcp
address is aquired. This is not the best thing to do
since there might be clients unaware of the removal
trying to communicate.
This patch provides a smooth transition between ipv4ll
and dhcp. If ipv4ll address was claimed [1] before dhcp,
address is marked as deprecated. Deprecated address is still
a valid address and packets can be received on it but address
cannot be selected as a source address. If dhcp lease cannot
be extended, then ipv4ll address is marked as valid again.
[1] If there is no collision, claiming IPv4LL takes between 4 to
7 seconds.
Use a static table with all the typing information, rather than repeated
switch statements. This should make it a lot simpler to add new types.
We need to keep all the type info to be able to create containers
without exposing their implementation details to the users of the library.
As a freebee we verify the types of appended/read attributes.
The API is extended to nicely deal with unions of container types.
The object is not currently used, so just drop the refenence. If/when we end up
using the object in the future, we must make sure to deal with possible mutual
references between rtnl busses and their queued messages; as is done in sd-bus.
Added support for tunneling netlink attrributes (ipip, gre, sit).
These works with kernel module ipip, gre and sit . The test cases are
moved to a separate file and manual test as well because they require
respective kernel modules as well.
Tom Gundersen
Lennart Poettering
Kay Sievers
Daniel Buch
Lukasz Skalski
Thomas Hindoe Paaboel Andersen
Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
Susant Sahani
Umut Tezduyar Lindskog
Steven Siloti